What is it for? Who is it for? Why does someone want a 5 series that looks more awkward? I just don’t get this car.

The reason the Smart has such poor acceptance is because there is a widely accepted perception that a small car should be fuel efficient. (If you are going to compromise safety the trade off should be amazing fuel economy)

The IMS bearings fail when they dry up due to the cars not being driven and the oil isn’t circulating through. Please drive your car for it’s sake. Porsche’s love high miles and high RPMs, they aren’t meant to be garage queens.

Coming from one Porsche dad to another

Today’s fashion tip provided by Daryl. Jalopnik hasn’t given me a wardrobe budget yet. Let’s get a few videos under my belt before I start making demands like like a wardrobe or a catering table.

I have been telling my GF, every year, usually in November, that I want a Ferrari 308 GTB for xmas. It’s a “cheap” Ferrari, I tell her. “It will be fun, honey!”, I say. She continues to feed the cat and says things like “Mmm hmm.” or “We’ll see what Santa says about that.” or “That’s nice, dear.”

Optioned out this thing is what $90k? You can get a nice Cayman if you want more finesse, a decked out muscle car if you want more grunt, or a C63 if you want a luxury coupes with a big V8. Hell, if you want the most BMW like coupe, you can get a M2. I don’t get the appeal of this car.

M cars used to be special.

Meanwhile, in the Ferrari paddock:

I love how Porsche can take a timeless design like the waffle, massage, tweak, and enhance it without going away from what the waffle used to be. You can really see the nod the the traditional line of the waffle while making it sleek yet masculine without ruining the effectiveness it has on balancing out breakfast.…

I had this exact problem with a 458 Italia. I was house sitting for a friend, the car was a week old and I need to move it out of the garage for the plumbers. I get in the car, pull both paddle to select neutral and start it no problem. Reverse is easy, there is a button right “R” on the center console. Ok great, now…

I rip on them. Their shifters suck and cause the same confusion. Their shifters are change for appearance sake. They went to a bad user interface because they liked the style.

Millions of drivers have been many decades of experience using PRNDL shifters. Changing away from that is what causes the problems. People expect PRNDL because that is what they are used to.

These new shifters generally don’t add any significant functionality. They are mostly about appearance and saving space, but…

Jeep had a similar problem and look how that turned out.

The BMW and Mercedes systems are better, they’re more intuitive The MB system is right on the steering wheel. Down for drive, up for reverse and push the button on the end for park. That’s a super intuitive system. You also get clean clear feedback on the cluster…

No, you’re not going to derail my logic that easily with you inane comment.

Cars have a set of standardized controls for the last 50 years. Now this car has 2 or 3 different ways to engage park. That’s the problem. People don’t see/understand/remember the block logic diagram and issues like this occur. People are not…

Stuff like this is why I’m wary of the next few years’ worth of new cars with electronic parking brakes, brake-by-wire, and any other technology that’s moving critical controls (with no room for error) into electronic systems.

It’s a design problem.

If people can’t figure it out right away it was designed poorly. Period.

It’s like the worst of the 90's mixed with the worst of the 2010's. It’s somehow even uglier than an Aztek. Every wrong decision that could have been made has happened to this car.

If you don’t want your daughter to hear the word “pussy” maybe don’t let her watch the segment where you’re defending Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women by the pussy then don’t have children, because you’re an uptight prude who thinks certain syllables have magic power.

Ummm you know ppl grab to 5 year old girls there too, right? Pretending rape doesn’t exist doesn’t protect your daughter, just makes her prime to keep it a secret or feel ashamed for it since daddy never told her not to let anyone see or touch her pussy because he didn’t want her to be afraid. Let me help you- “That’s…

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